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Vietnamese beauty industry is lucrative market
With tax reductions for beauty industry products included in free trade agreements (FTAs), Vietnam is seen as a promising market for cosmetics firms and foreign suppliers of beauty-care machines and equipment.
Vietnam among the best destinations for backpackers
Rough Guides has announced the top ten countries for backpackers, including Vietnam.
Mu Cang Chai in the summer
Mu Cang Chai is a rural district of Yen Bai province. The popular attraction of Mu Cang Chai lies in its terraced rice fields, which draw a large number of both Vietnamese and foreign travelers.
Convenience stores become more popular
A recent survey by Nielsen, a market survey firm, found that with the increasingly faster pace of life and smaller scale of households, Vietnamese nowadays attach much importance to ‘convenience’ when choosing shops.
Valuable farm produce sold at low prices
Because of poor processing technology, Vietnamese have to sell valuable farm produce at rock-bottom prices.
Can ENT barrier bar foreign retailers?
Vietnamese retailers have been reassured that the regulation on ENT (economic needs test) would serve as a barrier that prevents foreign retailers from expanding in Vietnam and protecting local retailers. However, analysts don’t think this will work.
Vietnamese drink manufacturers give up home market to foreign firms
Losing out in the carbonated soft drink market segment, Vietnamese drink manufacturers also cannot compete with foreign ones in products which use materials available in Vietnam.
How do Vietnamese families spend their money on education?
Experts have pointed out that Vietnamese parents are ‘dictated by feeling’ when making decisions related to their children’s education.
Red alarm rung over child sexual abuse
One in every six Vietnamese boys and one in every four girls have experienced some forms of sexual abuse. At least 5,300 of child sexual abuse cases were reported in 2011-2015.
Nine ideal tourist destinations in Hue
Here are the best tourist sites in the former feudal city of Hue, which is most famous for the Hue Royal Citadel.